mainsheet

In a Laser Standard sailboat (30+ years old) I tore out the pins holding the hiking strap and mainsheet. These pins were metal expansion dowels that corroded over time and just "jumped out". I attach a picture. There are four holes where the strap and the mainsheet were attached with two pins...

Hi all, I see that there've been a lot of threads on various mainsheet upgrades, with a ratchet block sitting on a stand-up spring seemingly the best option. But what I can't find a conclusive answer to is whether it's enough to simply drill the eye strap directly into the deck with machine...

I am looking for a good way to put markers on my Laser mainsheet. I have two markers on my main sheet: One at 90 degree boom angle and the other one for a little narrower angle. I tried (a) blue and red color sharpie, and (b) Scotch vinyl plastic tape, but neither one works well. With (a), the...